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THE
OLD WEED
WOMAN
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(© by D. J Walsh.)
UNA BORDEN was bending
over her struwberry bed hunt
ing for the first ripe berries.
If she was successful in her
search she was going to make u sliort-
cake. She had Just discovered a
stem of luscious, big red berries when
she heard some one coming into her
garden. Turning, she saw Mrs. More,
her neighbor from ucross the way.
“1 Just stopped in on my way to
town, Cuna, to if there wus any
errand 1 could do for you,” and then
as her eyes fell on the berries she
exclaimed : “Ripe strawberries! Cuna,
your garden is a wonder. It's way
ahead of mine. 1 tell my husband
that the sun always seems 10 shine
warmer in your yard than anywhere
else on this street. But all the same
it's a shame that you have to live next
door to old Mrs. Kerr. Her place will
never be anything but an eyesore to
the community long as she lives,
It spoils the whole tone of the street,
let alone broadcasting seeds from
every weed Imaginable. I suppose we
might just as well make the best of it.
John says there is no law in this vil-
lage that can compel a man to clean
up his yard. And old Mrs. Kerr will
never do a thing. She hates the neigh-
borhood. She told Mrs, Fry the other
day that she guesses one way and an-
see
as
many weeds
The conversation trailed
and finally
her way.
other she gets just as
as she sows,
off into other channels
§ Mrs. More went on
After Mrs. More
stood for several moments
plating the adjoining yard. It
shame, just as More had
that nothing could done to
old Mrs. Kerr clean
the bright sunlight it
were covered with a
white cotton, thick
with dandelion blossoms gone to seed
Even as Cuna looked a puff of wind
swooped down. An instant iater the
air was filled with a cloud of dunde-
fluff. E bit of fluff,
knew all too well, carried a ting
which eventually would
full-grown plant in
kept yard for several blocks. Cuna's
eyes followed the flight of seeds. What
was the use of all her labor year after
year if old Mrs. Kerr's neglected yard
was allowed to on broadeasting
weeds? She thought of the old lady
herself, bent and gnarled pierce.
ing. dark eyes, which, somehow, in
their depths
had gone Cuna
conten
wis un
Betsy sald,
make
up her yard. In
looked ns If It
fluffy
be
1
Aecece of
£0 was it strewn
lion ich as Cuna
seed]
appear as a
every carefully
go
with
such
had
of
seemed to harbor
an unfriendly gleam. Mrs, Kerr
well earned for herself the title
The Old Weed Woman. But what a
dreadful “thing it must be to old
and disliked. A moment Inter a
thought her
flying into her house.
Two days later Mr. Gray, the
house man, delivered a whole ¢ irtload
of plants. All rest of the
Cuna worked like a beaver setting out
plants. Directly on the line which sep-
arated her lot from Mrs, Kerr's
she thickly set hollyhocks. These she
flanked with phlox, zinnias, lupines,
nicotines, Old Mrs. Kerr
watched from her tiny back porch.
Her attitude was belligerent. She
meant ber presence to warn Cunas not
to set foot on her premises,
Weeks went by and Cuna's hedge
began to bloom. It was a glowing
beauty. People droYe past the place
in the evening just to catch a whiff of
the fragrant nicotines that glowed like
white stars in the moonlight. Cuna
toiled, watered and watched Her
hands were calloused and blistered
with weeding. Then day a mes-
sage came saying that her sister need-
ed her. There was no time to think of
anything. Cuna packed as quickly as
she could and left without having time
to bid Mrs. More good-by.
It was five weeks before Cuna again
saw her home, She arrived on a late
evening train and slipepd into her
house snd to bed without even wait-
ing to make herself a cup of tea. She
slept profoundly.
Next morning Cuna was awakened
by the sound of rain driving against
her window. The sound made her
want to snuggle down under the cov-
ers for another hour, but she was out
of bed Instantly. Her {ingers fairly
flew as she slipped into a house dress
and twisted her dark hair and pinned
it into place. Her one thought was of
her garden. She had read that Pine-
ville had been visited by a drought,
Donning an old slicker and not wait-
ing to put anything on her head she
ran downstairs and out of the house.
A moment later she stood staring in
amazement at what she saw, Her gar-
den was as neat and well cared for
as If she had not been away even for
one day. Her tomatoes were carefully
trimmed and staked up. Her flowers
lad not suffered from the drought,
That meant that some one had wa-
tered them, There was not a weed to
be seen. The hollyhocks had grown
tall and thick. They were covered
with a wealth of brilliant bloom, They
completely hid the adjoining yard. A
hoo-hoolng from across the street
caused her to turn quickly. It was
Betsy More.
“When did you get home, Cuna?”
Mrs, More called.
“Last night on the late train,” Cona
answered, “But, Mrs, More what 1
want to know is, who it was that took
such good care of my garden.”
“Guess 1” Mrs. More's eyes twinkled,
“I can’t,” Cuna admitted.
“Just take a peek over in Mrs,
Kerr's yard.” Mrs. More laughed her
he
came to Cuna that sent
green-
any
the
old
pansies,
one
good-natured laugh, “then I
still smiling, Mrs, More turned
ran home,
bocks and peeped through into
surprise, She actually rubbed the rain
out of her cevs because she thought
she was not seeing right. Old Mrs,
Kerr's yard was as well trimmed as
her own.
until it was ns smooth as velvet, There
was not & weed in sight, What did it
mean? Cuna must find out, A moment
later was knocking at old
Kerr's back door Almost
she
peared.
“Oh, Mrs, Kerr,” Cuna
bent forward and
lady's hand, “how
you. You saved my
gratefal !”
“Come in, child”
open the door
tiny kitchen,
cried
grasped the
an 1
flowers—1 am
Mrs.
and Cuna
which was
Kerr
entered
filled
the
with
and browning toast,
and have a
me and I'll
had the
happy
“Just sit ye down
of breakfast with
you all about it. l've
time. The only really
years. I will
that 1 was mad as hop the day | saw
snack
tell
nicest
time in confess
you setting things so close to my line,
I resolved I'd destroy them the first
chance | got. The dny you went away
I went out there with sickle and spad-
ing fork, I meant to do damage, but
just as | was pressi fool to the
sses dropped off, |
them up
gy
spading fork by gl
wns just stooping to pick
when [I found myself looking straight
the face of prettiest yellow
I'd ever since 1 was a lit-
ind a bed
und there was one
lar yellow Kind that 1 loved. |
hought of
into the
pnsy
tle girl.
of pansies
seen
My mother always |
1
‘om since she die
-
+1
:
ere it was looking me straight in
eye, l—well—1 just couldn't
hy destroying your plants—
+» habit there morn
right. It
fell to
the drought
of going out
that it
a company and |
weeding and when
was al
Sie
came
in't
looked so
the side ot the
my yard that I had Able
and clean u ny yard. 1
would
I carried out water so things wou
the
distressed by
dry up. Then flowers
ROria
weeks In
{ole
thought it
let the sun in
Well,
until--until
“Until,”
were
come
be ZOO ‘em to
from 1¥ idle of the
one ing f to
line, another
Cuna interrupted. Her eyes
“Until, you old dear,
you did the nicest possible thing you
could have done
that matter. 1'll
long as | live.”
“Neither will
glistening,
or anyone could, for
never forget it as
i
eves too were moist
And that was
Woman” Pink
and Pink street
lost its weeds,
old Mrs. Kerr's
“The
street
how Old Weed
of lost her title
won a
{
neighbor and
Watched | Band its Dig
Grave for His Body
wildest of the
hardly
perience of Francisco
merchant
the
saw
The
oriental
weird tales of
beat the
Alvarez
pear Orense, Spain,
fiction cun
real ey
a rural
related in
He
grive for him
Traveling through the country Al
varez was robbed by two highwaymen
of When he reached
an inn several miles away he put up
for the ‘night, told the
adventure and confided to
he had concealed from the
much in the
hat.
Sleeping lightly the traveler was
awakened by volces which he recog
nized to be those of the bandits. They
were calling the innkeeper
Foreseeing what would likely occur
Alvarez very quietly arranged his bed
that it appeared to occupied
and took place behind a door.
From there he could the two
bandits digging in the back yard, and
he knew the hole they were making
wns intended for his grave,
As the alert Alvarez waited,
Pathfinder
actually bandits digging
ev"
about 2X25.
him
larger Sum band of his
80 be
his
soe
the
crept to the bed and suddenly plunged
a dagger into the pile of bedclothes,
Alvarez was on him in a Jiffy and
soon had him overpowered, gagged
and bound. Then he slipped out, ran
to the police and got back in time to
goe the bandits arrested before they
had finished the grave they were dig
ging for him,
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Smiles
By Grace Jewett Austin
Fash
once in
attended
Dame
do
recent week
most women
a while,
the
During a
fon, just as
sessions
tion of a woman's
organization.
the
of
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im-
busi-
spite of
portance
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As the little cur-
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| Grace J. Austin,
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lobby, probably ae as twenty
sald to Dame “Now
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“How
of
miny
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Or
remember all
are you going 10
these dresses?”
It Is quite entirely
that Dame Fashion,
multitude of be
about, had
geribe or
and sadly
all of
gowns floating
de
ed
with that
utiful
than
Yet
more ghe could
remember, she work
meditations,
No. 1. Evening
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the
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With
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Fashion
where the Eu
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Says she
always enter assemblage
with some slight wr
costume n
her
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'
second effect
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for Spring and Summer
it is predicted that picture hats
will bs more popular than ever this
season. An unusually atfractive
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An engaging assortment of belts is
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Chiffon is lovely for the debu-
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has two
| Parisiennes Still Give
| Nightgowns Preference
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i5e
in
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Says New
York Dealer
expect the cape to prove ii
cholee
the
ariety of
formal
part 01
in printed
will
asserted a
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It is felt that where suits are
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be most the
season. The are consid-
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for The
ble is again regarded as the
significant for spring.
An unusual ensemble
scribing to contrast com-
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chiffon dress, the coat cut on tailored
lines, which the soft,
feminine interpretation of the ac
companying dress, which is slig itly
longer than the The chiffon
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the velveteen collar in instance,
For evening, green is regarded as
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and royal blue are cited for daytime
wear,
cape @
avenue deal
con
the soft
will successful for new
"wr
: Iva
&1ifl EiKS
evening wraps ensem-
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type of
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sub-
printed
contrast with
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Gingham, Modern Prints
Charming for Summer
The back to the cloth movement in
women's clothes will be indorsed in
wash dress styles appearing during
the next few months,
Tight-fitting skirts, skimpy sleeves
and close-fitting should be
guarded against, says Farm and Fire
side, calling attention to the imminent
need of planning wash dresses,
While cotton, linen or silk will be
used In these early summer dresses,
cotton probably will be used to a very
large extent due to the vogue it estab-
fished during the season's openings
at Palm Beach, Plain and printed
linen is as popular as ever. While
silk always will be favored by some,
the fact that twoor three cotton
dresses may be purchased for the
price of one in silk doubtless will aid
in establishing a permanent liking for
cotton goods as a pleasant summer
material,
“Cotton suitings printed in imitation
of linen are seen in many shops,” says
the magazine, “Such cottons styled us
carefully as linen make very satisfac-
tory frocks and of course are less ex.
pensive, Then too, one must not over-
look ginghams and the modern printa
that are so charming and yet 80 rea-
waists
sonably priced.”
Author of “Highlights on Auction Bridge”
neti csprttitiinse ms lsu nti ceoatpeniy
(Copyright, by Hoyle, Jr.)
Article Thirty-Five.
Inferences and Deductions
average player thinks that
are getting out of his class and into
he thinks it must be tremendously dif-
ficult he does not try to develop his
As a matter of fact, however, there
much valuable information may be
obtained thus.
For instance, in playlug a no truiop,
senior leads the deuce of spades, De-
clarer wins the first trick and starts
clubgz, and senlor plays a small dia-
mond on the second club lead. What
can be deducted by declarer regard
ing senior's hand? That he originally
held four hearts, four clubs, four
spades and one diamond. fis original
lead of the must been
from a four-card suit—it always indl-
cates that because it is the fourth
best and he cannot have any lower—
and if he a four-card suit It
must be because he has none of five
If he has no five-card suit and
has a singleton he must he three
four-card sulls, This Information
must help declarer to place the re-
maining cards and to visualize junior's
hand
If senior leads a four
np, Gul y
{
deuce have
opens
cards.
ive
also,
spot in a no
i has the Jack and six
wlar has the King, eight and
and
two and the fact that declarer now
olds King and one which would be a
stopper “if led up to, but would be
worthless if led through.
Again, su
seven-spot |
I
in a
ny the eight, nine and
and de
pose that senior leads a
dum-
Jack
decdared trump,
CXPOReS
larer holds the Ace, Queen and
Declarer applies the rule of
that
best :
singleton,
others,
senfor 1s
therefore, it
Hence, all
of that suit must be
eleven and finds
not lead zr fourth
is probably =a
the unseen cords
held by
three truamg
lor and senior cannot hold
ws to the Queen, two to the
King. or four to the Jack—because if
be had any of these holdings he would
not lead a singleton,
In trying to read the
hands during the play declarer should
keep in mind the bidding and figu
what each one must have in order to
have made the bid or bids that he did,
Then, after each trick
shows the fall of eertain cards, he is
able to check or correct his deductions
and come nearer and nearer to form-
ing a correct picture of the two hands,
When the bidding Is in progress a
player should try to visua ize each
hand from which a bid or pass is
made. Each bidding hand must hold
the minimum requirements for that
bid in quick tricks, and each pass in
dicates a lack of snch strength, Sup-
pose dealer blds one spade and ob
taing the declaration: when dummy 1s
gpread it is found to contain the Ace
of spades and junior holds the King-—
ean junior deduce any information of
adverss
succeeding
declarer must hold Queen, Jack, ten
and two or more small spades and two
outside quick tricks—otherwise his
bid could not have been sound. With
this Information, together with seeing
dummy and his own hand,
hand very correctly,
poses the Queen, eight and several
King? Shall dummy's Queen be
than the seven
as his fourth best,
retain his Ace,
The Wrong Kind
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“It is filled,” answered Mary,
“With whan kind of filling?” asked
Susan,
“Chocolate filling,” answered Mary
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